A record setting weekend in Windsor.
Windsor set temperature records on both Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday, the temperature hit 31.4 C (88.52 F) in Windsor, beating the previous record of 30.6 C (87.08 F) set back in 1945. Sunday followed up as the record of 30.5 C (86.9 F) set back 2007 fell after hitting a high of 31.5 C (88.7 F).
Environment Canada meteorologist David Rodgers says the sticky heat isn't going away just yet.
"It looks like the heat is going to continue for the next few days," says Rodgers. "There's a cold front that's going to come through during the day Wednesday so, we'll still have fairly mild temperatures on Wednesday, but then Thursday it's back to reality — we're looking for a high temperature about 22 C (72 F) for Thursday."
Rodgers says the hot streak could continue to roll with the record temperature for Monday set at 30.8 C (87.44 F) in 2007.
"There's a chance we could break that, but [September 26] though the record is a little higher, 32.3 C (90 F), so we may not be able to break that one on Tuesday," says Rodgers.
(Photo by AM800's Bob Becken)
Environment Canada continues to have a heat warning in place for Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent, but has ended a special air quality advisory issued on Sunday.
Rodgers says the recent heat wave was a long time coming after not seeing anything like it over the summer.
"Not this summer," says Rodgers. "We've been looking for this warm pattern to setup all summer and it really hasn't setup until now. It's been a nice stretch of a week or 10 days now."
According to Rodgers, the humidity the region is suffering through is settling in the region from south of the border.
"We've got a blocking pattern setup here and we've just had an area of high pressure that's just been anchored over southwestern Ontario for the past 10 days or so and we were slowly warming up and starting to get a bit of flow from the southern US, so that brings in the humidity," says Rodgers.
The scorching heat is being felt right across the province.
"This is all across southern Ontario, from Windsor to Ottawa, up to Algonquin and even places like Timmins, Wawa, North Bay — these places all set records today."
Rodgers also advises residents to stay hydrated and check on those most vulnerable during the heat wave, especially those without air conditioning as they can be the most heavily impacted.